Microsoft has partnered with California-based startup Kind Financial, which helps businesses and government agencies track sales of “legalized marijuana from seed to sale.”
It is the first time that Microsoft has attempted a collaboration of this kind.
Kind has been selling marijuana tracking software to businesses and governments for about three years.
The startup will now be able to work on Microsoft's government cloud.
Kind's software , called Agrisoft Seed to Sale, "bridges the gap between marijuana businesses and regulatory agencies and financial institutions," he said in a press release .
Microsoft told the BBC in an online statement that it supports "government customers and their partners to help them meet their purpose.".
“Kind Financial builds solutions for our government cloud to help these agencies regulate and control legal substances and items and manage compliance with laws and regulations,” the Microsoft spokesperson said.
Microsoft is headquartered in Washington, where cannabis is legal.
Kind said Microsoft's cloud platform was the only one of its kind "designed to meet the standards for tight regulation in marijuana compliance programs."
Microsoft told Weed Blog that it looked forward to working with Kind “to help our government customers launch successful regulatory programs.”
